"It hasn't happened in the 46 other states that have a system that allows people to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm," says NRA man Todd Vandermyde in Sun-Times, referring to Mayordaley II's "more arguments settled with firearms. More bodies in the morgue and more gun victims in the rehab hospitals" when concealed-carry laws pass.

Is this a good follow-up for Illinois newspapers, to look at what's happened elsewhere? As a noosepaper reader, I think so.